Enterprise Software R&D Management Solutions: Methods and Tools

Author: Lin Rui
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: The primary goal of enterprise software product development is to generate profit. To maximize profits, people always hope that software development work can be done well, quickly, and with minimal cost. However, the vast majority of software projects in China still face long-standing issues such as low quality, delayed schedules, and budget overruns. These are persistent challenges in software R&D management for domestic IT enterprises. Generally, to continuously improve a company's software R&D management capabilities, there are five key things to do: 1. Investigate and analyze problems; 2. Develop R&D management standards; 3. Select appropriate tools; 4. Conduct sufficient and necessary training; 5. Implement, monitor, and provide feedback. The author is committed to creating software R&D management solutions tailored to the needs of domestic enterprises, including methodologies and software tools. Chapters 1 to 14 of this book discuss general software R&D management methods, known as Lean Parallel Process (LPP); Chapter 15 covers the integrated software R&D management system; and Chapter 16 discusses the execution and performance evaluation system for R&D management. Proven results show that domestic IT enterprises can rapidly and stably enhance their software R&D management capabilities by applying SPP2.0 and Future2.0 at a relatively low cost, saving significant research expenses. The primary readers of this book are R&D supervisors, project managers, and software developers in IT enterprises, as well as college graduates who are about to join IT companies. This book may also serve as a teaching reference for software engineering programs.